Car-fender.



No. 755,872. PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904. J. T. HERON & J. J. CROWLEY.

OAR FENDER.

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UNITED" STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. HERON AND JOHN J OSEPH CROWLEY, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,872, dated March29, 1904.

Application filed January 6, 1904 i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES T. HERON and JOHN JOSEPH CROWLEY, citizensof the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol.and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Fenders; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in fenders for cars or othervehicles; and the object is to provide asimple, inexpensive, and

' durable fender which may be folded or colplatform of the car.

lapsed and stored beneath the platform of the car when it is not in useand which when projected in front of the car may be maintained in. anoperative position by suitable means, which will be more specificallypointed out hereinafter. 1

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andoperative aggroupment of the parts, all as will be more fully describedhereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finallypointed out in the appended claims. 7

In the drawings, "Figure 1 is a side eleva. tion of one end of theplatform of a car with our improved fender applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the fender as it appears when in inoperative position. Fig.3 is a front elevation or end view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the fender, showing it in an inoperative position and stored beneaththe Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line a: m of Fig.2, showwhen partly collapsed.

Making renewed reference to the drawings, wherein similar referencenotations indicate corresponding parts appearing in the severalillustrations, 1 designates the platform of a car mounted upon asuitable truck 2. Depending from the platform in front of the truck andat each side thereofare a plurality mg in dotted lines the position ofthe partsv Serial No. 187,942. (No model.)

of hangers 3, each having inwardly-directed flanges 4, which form guidesfor and support the side bars 5 of the fender-frame. There willpreferably be three of these hangers, as shown in the drawings, in whichcase the intermediate one will be provided with an inwardly-directed lug4:, which will be disposed parallel with the flange 4 and between whichand the flange the side bars 5 are adapted to slide, so that the weightof the fender will prevent the same from tilting on its supports .orhangers.

The fender consists of a frame the front and sides of which arepreferably formed of a continuous strip, which is bowed at a pointapproximately intermediate its ends to provide a front curved portion 6.The side bars 5 are braced near the ends of the bent portion and at somedistance in the rear thereof by suitable stays 7 and 8, which may beriveted, bolted, or otherwise secured to the side bars. The frame thusconstructed is substantially rectangular in shape with a curved frontend, and extending longitudinally thereof is a guide-rod 9, one, end ofwhich is secured to the curved front portion 6 and the other end to thestay 8. The platform constituting that portion of the fender on which aperson or object would be lodged if the car should collide therewith isformed of resilient metal strips 10, which preferably extendlongitudinally of the frame with one end secured to the curved frontedge of the frame and extending upwardly above the same to liesubstantially in a plane parallel therewith and with their other endssecured to a bowed rib or member 11, the ends of which arepivoted to theside bars 5, adjacent to and in the rear of the stay 7 From thedescription thus far given it will be seen that an open or grille workplatform is provided, and the resilient strips of which it isconstructed are preferably secured, as at 12, to the forward stay 7.These resilient strips and the stay 7 are bowed form of the car, asshown in Fig. 4, the pivoted member 11 will lie flat between the sidebars 5; but when the fender is projected in front of the car and in anoperative position the bowed member 11 is elevated and forms anobstruction to the passage between the side bars and the platform of thecar, so that a person or object falling upon the fender will beprevented from rolling off the platform. The means whereby the bowed ribis raised and lowered and maintained in the former position comprises asupporting leg or strut '13, the upper end of which is pivoted to thecenter of the bowed rib, and the lower end is provided with a groovedroller 14, which engages with the guide-rod 9 of the frame. By pivotingthis support or strut to the rib 11 the former may be brought forwardlyto lie flat beneath the resilient strips 10, and this may beaccomplished by means of a lever or bar 15, one end of which is pivotedto the strut near the lower end thereof, and the other end is formedwith a handle 16, which extends laterally from each side of the lever asufficient distance to engage the upper edges of the central strips 10,so that the handle cannot pass between the strips. The bandle istherefore always above the platform. Vhen the bowed rib 11 is to belowered, the bar 15 is pulled forward to bring the strut 13 beneath theresilient strips 10, and the bar 15 and its handle 16, which have nowbeen proj ected upwardly between the two central strips 10, may befolded back fiat upon the platform with the bar resting upon theedge ofthe rib, as shown in Fig. 4E. The downwardly-springing tendency of theresilient strips 10 will hold the rib 11 down and the fender-platformextended. When the rib is to be raised to bring the fender into anoperative position, a reverse operation of the bar 15, which acts uponthe strut 13, will cause the rib to assume an elevated position, and thetendency of the resilient strips 10, exerting a pressure downwardly uponthe rib against the bracing position of the strut 13, will hold theroller 14 in engagement with the guide-rod 9, but will be prevented fromdislodging said strut by reason of the engagement of the handle 16 withthe upper surface of the two central strips 10, and this bracingposition is further maintained by means of a stop or lug 17 on the bar15, the said stop projecting from one side of the bar and engaging withthe strut 13 when the rib is elevated, as shown in Fig. 5.

It is to be understood that many changes in the form, proportion, andminor details may be made within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A fender comprising a platform havinga portion thereof movable andadapted to be elevated, and means carried by said portion formaintaining it in an elevated position.

2. A fender comprising a platform having a portion thereof movable andadapted to be elevated above the other portion, and also having meansoperating thereon for holding it in either an elevated or a loweredposition.

3. A fender comprising a frame, a member pivotally connected with theframe, a platform connecting the frame and the pivoted member, and meansfor holding the pivoted member elevated to raise one end of theplatform.

4. The combination with the platform of a car, of a fender slidablymounted beneath the platform and adapted to be projected beyond the endthereof, or retracted beneath the same, and having a platform, one endof which is capable of being raised above the other end. and means formaintaining such end in a raised position.

5. A fender comprising aplatform having a portion thereof movable withrelation to the other portion and adapted to be raised thereabove, andsaid platform constituting means for normally holding the movableportion lowered, and means on the movable portion for maintaining it inan elevated position.

6. A fender comprising a frame having a platform, one end of theplatform being movable relatively to the frame and capable of beingelevated thereabove, means including the platform for normally holdingthe platform lowered, and means operating on the movable portion of theplatform for maintaining it in an elevated position.

7. The combination with the platform of a car, of a fender slidablymounted beneath the platform, said fender comprising a frame having aplatform, a member pivoted to the frame and supporting one end of theplatform, and means operating on the pivoted member and the platform forholding it elevated.

8. A fender comprising a frame, a rib pivoted to the frame, andresilient strips connecting the end of the frame and the pivoted rib andconstituting a platform for the fender.

9. A fender comprising a frame, a bowed member pivoted to the frame,means carried by the bowed member for holding it elevated above theframe, and a resilient platform connecting the front of the frame andthe bowed member, and constituting means fordnormally holding the bowedmember lowere 10. A fender comprising a frame, a guiderod extendinglongitudinally thereof, a rib pivoted to the frame, a strut pivoted tothe rib and having a roller adapted to engage with the guide-rod, alever connected to the strut for operating the same to raise the rib,and a resilient platform connecting the rib and one end of the frame.

11. The combination with a car having hangers depending from theplatform thereof, of

a fender-frame slidably mounted upon the hangers and capable of beingprojected beyond the end of the platform or retracted beneath the same,said frame having transverse stays, a guide-rod extending longitudinallyof the frame,a bowed rib pivoted to the frame, a plurality of resilientstrips secured at their opposite ends to the front of the frame and thebowed rib, and also connected with one of the stays and constituting aplatform for the fender, a strut pivoted to the rib and having a groovedroller in engagement with the guiderod, and a lever pivoted to the strutand having a stop, substantially as specified.

JAMES T. HERON. JOHN JOSEPH CROWLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. HASKELL, JOHN F. GOGGIN.

